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Varyag, Russian Warship in San Francisco


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M9, 90mm Elmarit M.....

 

The Varyag passes under the Bay Bridge, toward open sea, this morning after a few days of friendly visiting. The ship carries 16 cruise missiles, and is the first Russian warship here in 147 years. Security was tight. I was asked to stay 700 feet from the ship while it was at dock.. Thanks for having a look.

 

Larry

 

Russian warship makes rare S.F. appearance

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Larry,

 

Great capture!

 

What a sight this must have been. In San Francisco of

all places.

 

Regards,

 

Turner

 

Thanks for the great comments, all. Turner, it was a rare sight, but I expected protests, peace-niks with banners, tie-dye shirts, etc....Nothing! Our hippies are slipping into old age, glued to a soccer game, or maybe just sleeping late. ;-)

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Great shot, hard for me to get a grip on a Russian warship under the Bay Bridge. My how things change.

 

Interesting deck layout with the launch tubes fore and aft, ours are athwart ship as far as I've seen.

Thanks for sharing.

Dave

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Larry . . . . quite the photo, and the story too ! . . . . is this were 1970, we'd have WW3 on our hands :p

 

Herb . . . interesting comment . . . i am thinking that the fore-aft alignment would reduce the ship's roll during launch . . . ? . . . i am guessing.

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Great shot, hard for me to get a grip on a Russian warship under the Bay Bridge. My how things change.

 

Interesting deck layout with the launch tubes fore and aft, ours are athwart ship as far as I've seen.

Thanks for sharing.

Dave

I think the latest surface ships use a vertical launch system (VLS) for cruise missiles similar to the launch tubes on a Trident sub.

 

Kent

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